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58 Siletz Motion to Intervene Case 3:17-cv-05668-RBL Document 58 Filed 07/31/18 Page 1 of 11 1 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 CHINOOK INDIAN NATION, et at., CASE NO. C17-5668 RBL 10 Plaintiffs, FED.R.CIV.PROC. 24(a) MOTION TO INTERVENE 11 v. OF RIGHT BY CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 12 RYAN K. ZINKE, et al., SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FED.R.CIV.PROC. 24(b) MOTION Defendants. 13 FOR PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION 14 NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: August 24, 2018 ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED 15 16 Comes now the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (“Siletz Tribe”), by and 17 18 through undersigned counsel, and moves this Court to intervene in the above-entitled proceeding 19 by right pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 24(a), or in the alternative to grant the Siletz Tribe 20 permissive intervention pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 24(b). The Siletz Tribe seeks intervention in 21 this proceeding only as to Plaintiffs’ 6th, 7th, and 8th Claims for Relief, in which “Plaintiffs seek a 22 declaratory judgment from the Court recognizing their right to funds from the ICC judgement1 23 presently held in trust by the DOI. Id. at ¶¶ 192 – 202.” Order on Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. # 45, 24 25 1 This is a reference to Indian Claims Commission Docket No. 234, The Chinook Tribe and 26 Bands of Indians v. United States, 6 Ind.Cl.Comm. 177, 208, 229-a (1958); 24 Ind.Cl.Comm. 56, 64, 88 (1970). DORSAY & EASTON MOTION TO INTERVENE BY CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 1737 NE Alberta St, Suite 208 SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON - 1 (Case No. C17-5668 RBL) Portland, OR 97211 503-790-9060 Case 3:17-cv-05668-RBL Document 58 Filed 07/31/18 Page 2 of 11 1 June 20, 2018, p. 11. The Siletz Tribe does not seek intervention regarding the other remaining 2 claims of Plaintiffs. Grounds for this motion are set out below. This motion is supported by the 3 Declaration of Angela Ramirez, which is attached to this motion and incorporated herein by 4 reference. A proposed order is also submitted. 5 Argument 6 The group identifying itself as the Chinook Indian Nation (“Plaintiff”),2 alleged successor 7 in interest to several historical bands and tribes of Indians including the Lower Band of Chinook 8 9 Indians and the Clatsop Indian Tribe, Dkt. # 24, ¶6, pp. 3-4, brought the present action raising 10 several claims for relief. Plaintiff made three basic claims: 1. It requested a judicial 11 determination to add its name to the list of federally-recognized Indian tribes maintained by the 12 Department of Interior, See Order on Motion to Dismiss, Dkt. #45, p. 1; 2. it claimed that BIA 13 regulations prohibiting a group from re-petitioning for federal recognition if it previously had 14 submitted an unsuccessful violated its due process rights; and 3. it claimed that it is entitled to 15 access to funds from a 1970 Indian Claims Commission (ICC) judgment currently held in trust 16 by the Department of Interior (DOI) for the Lower Band of Chinook and Clatsop Indians. Id. 17 18 On June 20, 2018, this Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claims for judicial federal recognition. 19 Dkt. #45, Order on Motion to Dismiss. It retained jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s prohibition on re- 20 petitioning claims. Most importantly from the Siletz Tribe’s perspective, the Court also ruled that 21 it has subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claim regarding entitlement to the Lower Band 22 of Chinook and Clatsop ICC funds. Order, p. 24 (“The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over 23 Plaintiffs’ claims related to funds held in trust for the Lower Band of Chinook and Clatsop 24 25 2 The Siletz Tribe understands that there are additional plaintiffs named in the Complaint, namely Anthony A. Johnson, Chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, and an entity entitled the 26 Confederated Lower Chinook Tribes and Bands, a state non-profit corporation. The Siletz Tribe includes all three named plaintiffs under the term “Plaintiff” in its motion and in this brief. DORSAY & EASTON MOTION TO INTERVENE BY CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 1737 NE Alberta St, Suite 208 SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON - 2 (Case No. C17-5668 RBL) Portland, OR 97211 503-790-9060 Case 3:17-cv-05668-RBL Document 58 Filed 07/31/18 Page 3 of 11 1 Indians.”); p. 26 (“Plaintiffs articulate a plausible claim that Defendants have forfeited funds 2 from the ICC judgment to which Plaintiffs have a valid property interest.”). 3 The Siletz Tribe does not seek intervention on Plaintiff’s first two categories of claims, 4 regarding federal recognition. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been clear that federal 5 recognition is between the petitioning group and the United States and has denied other tribe’s 6 applications to intervene in a federal acknowledgment proceeding. Greene v, United States, 996 7 F.2d 973 (9th Cir. 1993); Greene v. Babbitt, 64 F.3d 1266, 1271 (9th Cir. 1995); Evans v. Dept. of 8 th 9 Interior, 604 F.3d 1120, 1122-24 (9 Cir. 2010). The Siletz Tribe takes no position regarding 3 10 Plaintiff’s claims to federal recognition. 11 The Siletz Tribe does, however, seek to intervene in this proceeding regarding Plaintiff’s 12 third category of claims – claimed entitlement to the proceeds from the ICC judgment in favor of 13 the Lower Band of Chinook Indians and Clatsop Tribe of Indians. The Siletz Tribe’s 14 justification for this request is that it is a successor in interest to the historical Lower Band of 15 Chinook Indians and the Clatsop Indian Tribe that were the subject of the ICC cases in question 16 and on whose behalf a judgment was awarded therein, and the Siletz Tribe has many enrolled 17 4 18 tribal members who are descendants of these historical tribes. 19 20 3 The Siletz Tribe notes, however, that while existing precedent does not support one tribe intervening in the federal acknowledgment effort of another tribe, that Plaintiff’s quest for 21 federal acknowledgment raises some complicated questions that are not capable of easy answers. For example, Plaintiff claims successorship to Indian tribes and bands located in both Oregon 22 and Washington. Each State raises different legal issues. All tribes and bands of Indians in 23 western Oregon were terminated by the Western Oregon Indians Termination Act, 25 U.S.C. §691 et seq. The tribes and bands of Indians in Washington that Plaintiff claims an association 24 with were never officially recognized or remain unrecognized. Different legal consequences flow from these different legal statuses. 25 4 The ICC cases, Docket #234, are The Chinook Tribes and Bands of Indians v. U.S., 6 Ind. Cl.Comm. 177, 208, 229-a (1958), and 24 Ind.Cl.Comm. 56, 64, 88 (1970). In its original 26 opinion at 6 ICC 208, the Commission held: “p. 212: [I]t is important to ascertain whether this so-called tribe, organized ostensibly for the sole purpose of presenting this claim, is the successor DORSAY & EASTON MOTION TO INTERVENE BY CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 1737 NE Alberta St, Suite 208 SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON - 3 (Case No. C17-5668 RBL) Portland, OR 97211 503-790-9060 Case 3:17-cv-05668-RBL Document 58 Filed 07/31/18 Page 4 of 11 1 The Siletz Tribe first notes that in the context of the United States’ motion to dismiss this 2 proceeding, Plaintiff stated that there was no other group that could achieve federal recognition 3 and that could assert a claim to the judgment in Docket #234, and therefore it is the only group 4 with any legitimate claim to this money. See Order, Dkt. #45, p. 26 (Court quotes Plaintiff’s 5 position). The Court appears to have given credence to Plaintiff’s position on this issue: 6 “Defendants’ position begs the question: who could conceivably establish a connection to the 7 funds held in trust that is not also banned from re-petitioning for acknowledgment.” Id. 8 9 Apparently, none of the current parties in this case raised an alternative possibility with 10 the Court as to who might be entitled to part or all of this ICC judgment award; there may 11 already be federally recognized tribes with an interest in this ICC Judgment. The Siletz Tribe is a 12 federally-recognized Indian tribe5 with members who are descendants of the Lower Band of 13 Chinook Tribe of Indians and Clatsop Indian Tribe that are entitled to part or all of the Docket 14 #234 judgment funds. Based on information and belief, there are a number of other currently 15 federally- recognized tribes that also have a significant numbers of members who are 16 descendants of these tribes. Those tribes can speak for themselves and assert their own interests 17 18 19 20 in interest to [various tribes] . or is entitled to bring this action or and on behalf of said Indians. The record in this case is far from satisfactory.”; p. 226: “[T]he record is far from 21 satisfactory with respect to the right of petitioner herein to maintain a cause of action for the various bands, tribes or groups it claims to represent.”; p. 228: “In view of the above and the 22 previously mentioned testimony concerning the composition of membership in petitioner 23 organization there exists grave doubts as to the capacity of petitioner to present the claims of all of the tribes or bands petitioner contends it represents herein.
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